that he received the glorious title of third founder of Rome.
Thus have we given in a few words, what hiftorians relate of the expedition of the Cimbri; it drew upon them for a mo- ment, the attention of all Europe. But as literature, and the fine arts, can alone give lafting fame to a nation, and as we eafily lofe the remembrance of thofe evils we no longer fear, this torrent was no fooner withdrawn within its ancient bounds, but the Romans themfelves loft fight of it, fo that we fcarcely find any farther mention of the Cimbri in any of their writers. Strabo only informs us, that they after- wards fought the friendſhip of Auguftus, and fent for a prefent a vafe, which they made ufe of in their facrifices; and Taci- tus tells us, in one word[1], that the Cim- bri had nothing left but a celebrated name, and a reputation as ancient as it was ex- tenfive.
Thus whatever figure this expedition made, we know but little the more of the nation which fent it forth. Nevertheless, what is related of their tall ftature and fe- rocity deferves to be remarked, because if we may believe all the antient historians of the
- ↑ Parva nunc civitas, sed gloria ingens, veterisque famæ latè vestigia manent. Tacit. Germ. c. 37.
